High-rate proximity detection with the ability to provide notification

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-01-25
TERRACE LICENSING LLC
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Enables efficient and scalable proximity detection and notification for a large number of subscribers, reducing bottlenecks and supporting various notification forms, including SMS and WAP Push services, while allowing personalization and precise definition of notification areas.

Problems solved by technology

Nonetheless, there are problems with the current schemes for sending proximity-based messages to mobile devices, and improved techniques are needed that allow messages to be sent to proximate mobile devices.

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[0016] The present invention, among other things, satisfies a desired ability to send a text or multimedia message to wireless devices when the wireless devices are determined to be in particular notification areas. There are a number of exemplary scenarios for which the present invention can provide notification: (1) a consumer can be sent a coupon for a new store in a shopping mall when the consumer enters the parking lot for the mall; (2) a consumer can be notified, as the consumer enters a shopping center, that an office supply store has a back-to-school sale that ends in about two hours; (3) tourists can be sent brief multimedia descriptions of the monuments in the Washington, D.C. mall as they enter each area that surrounds a monument; (4) fair-goers can be sent communications of the current events inside the venue they are approaching; (5) drivers who enter a certain section of highway can be notified that construction two miles ahead is causing a backup and they should take ...

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Abstract

Techniques are presented for identifying mobile devices within a coverage region of a wireless station. Positions for mobile devices, if any, within the coverage region are determined. It is then determined whether the positions are within one or more defined areas, called “notification areas” herein. Additionally, selected mobile devices within notification areas are sent messages. The selected mobile devices are selected via certain criteria, including, for instance, campaign specifications and subscriber information. A message can be sent to a mobile device if the subscriber corresponding to the mobile device has indicated an acceptance of a category of notifications for the message and for the publisher who is publishing the notifications. The category could be traffic conditions and the publisher could be a Department of Transportation having responsibility for a particular freeway. These are two examples of multiple criteria for selecting mobile devices to which messages could be sent.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 315,651, filed on Dec. 10, 2002 , incorporated by reference herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to wireless communication systems and, more particularly, relates to messaging over wireless networks. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Increasingly, mobile devices, such as cellular telephones, can transmit or receive text messages. For example, the short message service (SMS) is available for cellular phones, facsimile machines and Internet protocol (IP) addresses. The SMS protocol allows small text messages, with a size less than 160 alphanumeric characters, to be communicated to or from a mobile device. Similarly, the wireless application protocol (WAP) is a specification allowing mobile devices to communicate multimedia messages with one another. [0004] Messaging capability extends the functionality of mobile devices and allows mobi...

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Patent Type & AuthorityApplications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04Q7/20H04W4/02H04W4/024H04W4/14
CPCG06Q30/02H04W4/02H04L67/18H04L67/306H04L67/04H04W4/14H04L67/52H04W4/024
InventorCOLE, ALAN GEORGEDURI, SASTRY S.GUPTA, VINEET KUMARMUNSON, JONATHAN PAULWOOD, DAVID ALVRA III
OwnerTERRACE LICENSING LLC